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Online Professional Poker Players

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Online Professional Poker Players
Online poker has developed far more professional online poker players than cardroom poker. There are a few reasons that more professional poker players come from online than land-based casinos, not the least of which is the number of hands played.

Professional Poker Players Stay in Control
A positive trait of professional Online joker Poker players is the ability not to get upset at what happens. In Texas Holdem, the professional poker player does not get upset when someone draws out on him or how unlucky he got in the hand. The professional player takes this as part of the game and moves on. The bad player lets it affect his entire game.

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Free Money at Betfair Poker

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Free Money at Betfair Poker
The latest free poker money bonus to be released in 2010 is a $10 free bonus offer at Betfair Poker. This offer is ONLY available to all new players from the U.K. You can not already have an existing account. If you do you will not be eligible for this bonus. The free money is available directly from Betfair Poker themselves. You can click here to claim this free money now. Betfair does not accept American Players in their poker room. No related posts. Written by admin Filed Under $10 Free, Betfair Poker Tagged as , $10 free bonus offer, Betfair Poker, free $10, free poker money, no deposit bonus, not for existing accounts, players from the U.K.

Fast-Paced Rakemania Races Begin

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Fast-Paced Rakemania Races Begin
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CarbonPoker Exclusive $25,000 Freeroll

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CarbonPoker Exclusive $25,000 Freeroll
Home>Latest Promotions>Poker Promotions An exclusive event that will get 2012 off to a great start with a lot of free real cash! Starting this Sunday, January 29th CarbonPoker will run qualifiers to their exclusive $25,000 poker freeroll to be held on Sunday February 26th at 14:00. FREEROLL Qualifiers From January 29th – February 25th inclusive there will be 3 freeroll qualifiers running each and everyday. Every qualifier will be FREE to enter and will award a seat into the 25,000 Bankroll Booster Freeroll to the top 10 finishers.Freeroll Qualifier Schedule: Daily at 13:30, 17:30 and 21:30.Format: Turbo, 5 minute blinds, 1k starting stack, top 10 advance. Please click here to visit Carbon Poker Promotion Date: 30 January 2012

Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value

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Strategy with Kristy: Reid Young Discusses Showdown Value
March 22 2012, Kristy Arnett Related Articles Strategy with Kristy: Tax Time Strategy with Kristy: Quinn Sivage Discusses Min-Raising Button Strategy with Kristy: John Kim Part Two Share It Tags Cash Poker, Online Poker, Poker Players, Poker Strategy, PokerNews Podcast, PokerNews Strategy Print Reid Young is professional poker poker player who, prior to Black Friday, made his living playing online cash-games. In late 2010, he authored, The Blue Book: An Advanced Strategy Guide for No-Limit Hold’em Cash Games, which first sold for $2,500. Young is also a very sought out poker coach and has plans to launch an innovative coaching website. For this edition of the Strategy with Kristy Podcast, he discusses various topics, but really delves into advanced strategy concerning showdown value by illustrating it with a couple of hand histories. Here is a snippet from the interview: This straightforward guy raises in the cutoff. We are 100 big binds, effective, so we both have $200 at $1/$2. I reraise from the big blind with ace-nine suited just because its slightly below my calling requirements. Im not really comfortable calling. I think I can take it down preflop often, combined with continuation betting a decent amount and outplay him postflop, plus the equity of my actual hand versus his calling range gives me several ways I can win money here. I think they all add up to make me a small profit on the play. He called, and wed gone back and forth a little bit before this. I was kind of surprised to see him call. I more expected him to four-bet or fold, which is also why I decided to three-bet a hand like ace-nine. Im not as dominated by his calling range, and if he four-bets, I can just get away. It makes it easier to play and less likely that hes going to have an ace-X hand that he can combat my light three-bet with. The flop comes three-four-five, all different suits. This is a pretty good flop for me and one that puts him in an awkward position with a lot of hands like middle pairs. Also, hed call a bet on the flop with a lot of better ace-highs that I think I can get him to fold by the river. Its a good board for me being the aggressor and not one that he wants to get in a lot hands with. Even if he has a hand like pocket nines, in his best-case scenario, I have ace-king, and hes only a little better than a two-to-one favorite. Its not that amazing for him to raise pocket nines, so I have the green light to continuation bet here, looking to fold out queen-jack suited and hands like that. So, I do c-bet, and he ends up calling. When he calls, combined with the fact that I said that we have a fairly pre-established dynamic preflop, its extremely evident to me that he either has a similar hand to mine like ace-jack or ace-queen, or he has one of those medium pairs like nines, eights, or sevens. I think sixes might be a little too light to peel on this flop, but who knows, he could have those for sure. The turn is a two, which gives me the wheel. Its one of those spots where I have so many ace-highs in my range. Sure, I could have continuation bet the flop with king-queen or complete air like seven-eight, and then continued betting on the turn to try and represent an ace, but Ive found that more straightforward players that play their hands based on equity, just arent going to be calling down with pocket nines here. They are just worried about so much of my range, and they will worry about me betting the river. Its not like they just have to call the turn and the hand is over. I can still over-bet shove the river. I can have sixes in my range as well so its not that amazing of a situation for him if he has an ace, let alone a hand like pocket nines. It would be a really tough call down for him. Thats why I decided to check. Listen to the podcast to hear more of Young’s analysis on this hand. Podcast Powered By Podbean Tune in every week for new episodes of Strategy with Kristy. Feel free to send in questions, ideas or suggestions for the podcast to kristy@pokernews.com. Also remember to follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Follow Kristy Arnett on Comments

Interview with Vanessa Rousso

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Interview with Vanessa Rousso
2011: The U.S. Department of Justice indites 11 operators, PokerStars, FullTilt Poker, and Absolute Poker for bank fraud, money laundering, and violations of the UIGEA. These top online poker rooms were taken down to U.S. visitors and accounts held in limbo, causing a mass decline in online poker play.

Satellites Launch for Las Vegas Series

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Satellites Launch for Las Vegas Series
Posted by Steven, March 26, 2012 Every year avid poker players from around the world descend on Las Vegas to participate in the biggest and most popular tournaments on the poker calendar. Players dream of following in the footsteps of Chris Moneymaker and turning a small investment into a career of fame and glory as a poker champion. Poker dreams do come true and Titan Poker can help transform your wildest fantasy into the opportunity of a lifetime. Why not play poker with the professionals in Las Vegas this summer? Satellites have launched at Titan Poker awarding winning players with a variety of packages which will escort them in style to Las Vegas and this summers tournaments. The first Super Satellite to this years Main Event took place last night and the winner was awarded with a $13,500 NL Hold’em Main Event Package, which included the $10,000 buy-in to the Main Event of the series (Event #61), as well as 1,500 for 7 nights stay at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, from July 7th – 14th; $250 for registration fees; and $1,750 for flights and spending. Main Event Super Satellites are being staged on Sunday and Wednesday evenings, giving players multiple ways to secure their seats. In parallel, satellites are awarding winning players with seats at a number of Side Events. Any player talented enough to win six consecutive $10 + $1.9 “Executive Jackpot Sit ‘n’ Gos” will receive an amazing Las Vegas prize package valued at $24,000. This executive package includes buy-ins to the Main Event and one Side Event; 11 nights accommodation in a suite at the Wynn Hotel; $7,000 for flights and spending; and $2,200 for executive perks. There is no more glamorous way to experience the poker tournaments this summer in Vegas.

CelebPoker Package Winner Achieves Ambition

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CelebPoker Package Winner Achieves Ambition
CelebPoker Package Winner UK CelebPoker player Matthew Tranter took the next step in his poker career by winning a package to the Irish Winter Festival that took place from October 29th 31st, 2011. As a loyal player of CelebPoker, Matt will be aiming for more package wins in our online satellites for land based poker tournaments. We caught up with himto find out a bit more. What do you do (occupation, studies, hobbies etc?)I have been making a living by playing poker for the last couple of years. Prior to this I studied software development. I greatly enjoy skiing, socializing, reading and a wide variety of music; primarily drum & bass and dubstep which I find very helpful as a driving force during long poker sessions. How long have you been playing poker and how did you start?I have been playing poker for 5 years. Poker first caught my attention when some of the better players started to move over from the real time strategy game “Starcraft” that I was playing competitively at the time, they all showed great results and this opened my mind to the advantage of investing my time and dedication into a more profitable venture. Televised poker also added to the appeal to get involved in this exciting game; seeing the pros at the time playing high stakes tournaments for millions of dollars helped fuel my desire to learn and hopefully one day compete with and defeat these great players. Did you use any special strategy to win the tournament?I vary my play style based on the players on my tables at the time. On some tables it is advantageous to play tight (only the best hands) and some loose (many hands), however either way I will try to play those hands aggressively making my opponents make tough decisions whilst giving me information about the strength of their hands. In this tournament I was able to play a loose aggressive style (this means i was playing a lot of hands whilst betting/raising/re-raising rather than calling) and had a very large stack going into the final table.A tight player will make it into the money positions in a tournament more than a loose player, however a loose player will go on the win much bigger prizes more often when they do make the money. Any key moments you remember from tournament?The final table is the most important part of the tournament, with the pay increasing steeply with each extra position gained; here outplaying the other players really matters.I was lucky to have a 2 – 1 chip lead on 2nd place going in to the FT and couldn’t really ask for a better start. The other players were all playing tight against me; trying to avoid me at all costs unless they had a monster hand. This is always a good thing as with nobody trying to contest pots with me I was effectively being given permission to constantly steal chips from the other players allowing me to extend my chip lead significantly… a lot of the pots i won on the FT could have gone to the other player had they tried to play back at me. What do you plan to do with the prize money?I plan to use a lot of the prize money to work my way into a number of large live events. I will be playing the Irish Winter Festival tournament in October and hope that this will be the first of many over the next couple of years. It has been an ambition of mine to expand in to the live poker scene for quite some time now and huge prizes are ready for the taking.I will also re-invest a lot of the money on the Celeb Poker cash/tournament tables in order to continue progressing up through the stakes striving to improve by playing better players and to earn bigger pay days. Advice to other players?You might have to play countless tournaments in order to take a big finish or it could happen on your first one. The important thing is to not let this high level variance affect your play, if you’re not happy with your results so far it does not necessarily mean you’re a bad player as luck is certainly a large factor in poker. Keep a clear head, always be trying to improve your game (there are many resources out there for an aspiring poker player to learn from), put in the hands and the results will follow. Publish Date : 03/11/2011 Print Article Send To Friend

PokerStars.it European Poker Tour Campione Day 1a: Davide Andreoni Leads

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PokerStars.it European Poker Tour Campione Day 1a: Davide Andreoni Leads
March 26 2012, Chris Hall Related Articles PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final, Day 2: Naalden, Obrestad Head Final 138 PokerStars EPT San Remo, Day 2: Galic Rules PokerStars EPT San Remo Day 1b: Josipovic in Front Related Tournaments Related Players Share It Tags PokerStars, EPT, Poker Tournaments, Alex Kravchenko, Luca Pagano Print The PokerStars European Poker Tour has moved on to Campione, Italy, a tiny town actually in Switzerland on the edge of Lake Lugano. Casin di Campione, the largest casino in Europe, played host to Day 1a of EPT Campione, where 178 players began the day. When play ended Monday night, Davide Andreoni held the chip lead, finishing the day with 175,100. Andreoni had several tussles throughout the day against Dario Nittolo, whom he sat next to, but Andreoni came out ahead by the end of the day with the overall chip lead. Given the high number of Italians playing on Day 1a, an often-used strategy would be to play fairly straightforward to reduce the potential volatility, but Nick Yunis had other plans. The Chilean was seen playing almost every hand, his stack jumping around from 30,000 up to 100,000 and back down again. Winning significant pots against both Simon Persson and Rasmus Nielsen, Yunis finished on a high with 169,200, second only to Andreoni. There were only four Team PokerStars Pros playing on Day 1a and they suffered mixed results. Alex Kravchenko (23,600) and the home hope, Luca Pagano (16,200) managed to make it through the action, but both will be back on Wednesday with fairly short stacks and in need of an early double-up. Theo Jorgensen entered after the first couple of levels but didn’t last long. First, his jacks were cracked by Anton Ionel’s ace-three, which hit trip threes on the flop. Ionel then finished Jorgensen off soon after with kings against king-jack. Pierre Neuville also suffered a surprisingly early exit, as did Mads Wissing and Cristian Dragomir. Other players who didn’t make it through the day included former EPT Prague runner-up Emiliano Bono, James Dempsey, former Irish Open champion James Mitchell, McLean Karr, Yordan Dimitrov and Casey Kastle. They’ll have to enjoy the relaxing views and sights that Campione and nearby Lugano have, as well as the multitude of side events that the casino will be putting on over the next few days. Per Linde (67,200), former EPT champion Roberto Romanello (50,800), Marion Nedellec (51,200) and Rasmus Nielsen (41,000) are just a few players who have moved on to Day 2. End of Day 1a Chip Counts Player Chip Count Davide Andreoni 175,100 Nick Yunis 169,200 Grigorij Orlov 154,200 Primoz Adamie 138,400 Claudio Leonardo Pagano 130,700 Panagiotis Gavriulidis 125,700 Jose Severino 121,200 Jean Philippe Peyratoux 119,800 Ivan Skobolov 114,700 Dario Nittolo 107,600 Although Day 1a was relatively quiet, the field on Tuesday should be bigger. Plenty of players are expected to play on Day 1b, including Team PokerStars Pros Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Liv Boeree, Lex Veldhuis, Victor Ramdin, Vanessa Selbst, Marcin Horecki and Dario Minieri. Day 1b action kicks off on Tuesday at 1400 CEST (0500 PDT) and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor bringing you all the action live from the felt. Follow PokerNews on Twitter for up-to-the-minute news. Recent Articles The Nightly Turbo: Internet Gambling in Illinois, Seiver Joins Premier League, and More Pro Blogs: The Public Perception A Call for Change by Alec Torelli World Poker Tour on FSN: Grand Prix de Paris Season X Part III The Sunday Briefing: Tom “tollgate” Grigg Puts Up Impressive Sunday Showings Scott Seiver Rounds Out PartyPoker Premier League V Lineup Most Popular This Week The Nightly Turbo: Storytelling with Doyle, Robert De Niro and the APPT, and More The Nightly Turbo: Hawaii Gambling Bills Fail, Terrence Chan’s MMA Fight, and More The Nightly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Granted Extension, Bodog Exits Spain, and More Five Thoughts: In-Game Betting on Poker, Another Win for Isildur1, and More FTP, PokerStars and Absolute Receive Another Extension to Respond to Amended Complaint Comments

The Nightly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Granted Extension, Bodog Exits Spain, and More

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The Nightly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Granted Extension, Bodog Exits Spain, and More
March 22 2012, Brett Collson Related Articles The Weekly Turbo: Dwan, Laak and Cates Added to Premier League, WSOPE Schedule, and More The Weekly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker News, Bodog Leaves the U.S., and More The Nightly Turbo: Full Tilt Poker Deal, Sands CEO Talks Online Legislation, and More Related Tournaments Related Players Share It Tags Bodog Poker, Full Tilt Poker, Groupe Bernard Tapie, bwin, Partygaming, WSOP Circuit, Gavin Smith Print On Wednesday, Groupe Bernard Tapie Lawyer Behnam Dayanim told us there was no update regarding the company’s purchase of Full Tilt Poker. We did, however, discover some news involving FTP on Thursday. We’ll bring you that story and more in this edition of the Nightly Turbo. In Case You Missed It The 2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Main Event got under way on Thursday. Find out which players survived Day 1a in our ANZPT recap. Reid Young is the author of The Blue Book: An Advanced Strategy Guide for No-Limit Hold’em Cash Games. This week, Young joined the Strategy with Kristy podcast to discuss advanced strategy involving showdown value, among other topics. Last year, Stuart McDonald collected $87,129 at the Latin American Poker Tour event in Medellin, Colombia. PokerNews recently caught up with the Australian pro in Vina del Mar, Chile, to find out what he’s been up to since his big score. Why are protesters fighting to keep “Eurovegas” out of Madrid? Find out in the latest Inside Gaming. Andrew Lichtenberger cracked the Top 10 of the Global Poker Index this week. Mickey Doft takes a look at the biggest movers and shakers on the GPI. Season 5 of the PokerStars.net Latin American Poker Tour kicked off in Chile on Wednesday. Get the details from Vina del Mar in our LAPT recap. FTP, PokerStars and AP Given More Time to Respond While the world continued waiting for the pending deal between Groupe Bernard Tapie and Full Tilt Poker to be completed this week, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York granted another extension to FTP and other respondents of an amended civil complaint regarding last April’s Black Friday indictments. After the previous deadline of March 19 passed, PokerStars, Absolute Poker, Howard Lederer, Ray Bitar, Rafe Furst and payment processor Chad Elie were given until May 14, 2012 file a response. The extension is another on a growing list since the respondents original response date of the indictment passed on Nov. 30, 2011. Read more at PokerNews.com. Adios, Bodog Bodog was back in the news this week after announcing that it is exiting the Spanish market ahead of the country’s new gambling market. The company released a statement to players in Spain about the decision: We would like to inform you that due to recent regulatory changes, we are no longer able to offer our betting or wagering services to residents of Spain or Spanish territories. Your account will be disabled on the 31st of March 2012 and as of today; you are no longer able to make any further deposits to your account. The new gambling regulations in Spain are expected to go into effect later this year. More than 60 companies have applies for operating licenses. Among the online poker rooms interested in the space include PokerStars, bwin.party, 888 and Ladbrokes. Groupe Bernard Tapie also reportedly submitted an application before the Dec. 14, 2011 deadline. Bwin.Party Launches iPad App This week, bwin.party digital entertainment became the latest online gaming operator to launch a real money poker app for the iPad. The release comes more than a year after the company unveiled a real money platform for iPhone and Android devices. The iPad software is based on those models. The bwin iPad Poker app gives bwin.com customers unrestricted access to the bwin poker account now with the full iPad resolution of 1,024 by 768 pixels, said Berthold Kao, head of bwin.partys mobile, touch and video department. The bwin iPad Poker app extends our lead in mobile entertainment on tablet devices and builds on our hugely successful iPhone Poker app that bwin.party designs with its own mobile development teams. Together with the bwin Sports App for pre-event and live betting enthusiasts and several Casino games for Android and iPhone as well as Java based phones, we now offer our customers an exciting portfolio of games. The app can be downloaded from the iTunes Store or the Bwin website, with one download covering both the iPhone and iPad versions of the game. Visit bwinparty.com for more information. WSOP Circuit Heads to California On Thursday, the World Series of Poker announced (albeit in bizarre, satirical way) that poker pro Gavin Smith will participate in the three-day $1,600 buy-in World Series of Poker Circuit Event at Harrah’s Rincon starting this Saturday, March 25. Smith, who has more than $4 million in live tournament earnings, is known for his easygoing personality and propensity for side bets at the table. He’s also been known to have a drink or two. WSOP Media Director Nolan Dalla had some fun at Smith’s expense in a press release, saying “No matter what happens in the Main Event, Smith is certain to make a major impact at Harrahs Rincon. Two extra bartenders and three additional cocktail waitresses have been hired for the occasion. The credit manager has also been put on alert.” Last year, Seneca Easley took down the $1,600 Main Event at Harrah’s Rincon, besting a field of 188 players that included Dwyte Pilgrim, Jerry Yang, Allen Kessler, Phil Hellmuth, Dennis Phillips, Adam Levy, and Poker News’ Kristy Arnett. Easley won $70,384 and a seat into the WSOP Circuit National Championship freeroll, a prize that will go to this year’s winner, as well. PokerNews will be providing live coverage of the WSOP Circuit event in Rincon, so check our Live Reporting page when the action kicks off on Saturday! Welcome to Sydney! The PokerStars.net ANZPT is in Sydney, Australia, this week. PokerNews’ Lynn Gilmartin toured the city to show off her favorite spots. Get all the latest PokerNews updates on your social media outlets. Follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook today! Follow Brett Collson on Recent Articles 2012 PokerStars.net ANZPT Sydney Day 1a: Tobin Ryall Leads Them All Stuart McDonald Finds Success on the Latin American Poker Tour Inside Gaming: Eurovegas Causing Protests in Spain, New Financing for MGM and Caesars Global Poker Index: Andrew Lichtenberger Cracks Top 10 FTP, PokerStars and Absolute Receive Another Extension to Respond to Amended Complaint Most Popular This Week The Nightly Turbo: Isildur1 Wins Again, Negreanu and Esfandiari Give Back, and More The Nightly Turbo: PokerStars’ Zoom Poker Launch, Jen Tilly’s Simpsons Cameo, and More PartyPoker Weekly: Last Chance To Qualify For WPT Vienna, Gladiator, Ian Frazer and More! The Online Railbird Report: Big Swings for Viktor “Isildur1″ Blom The Weekly Turbo: FTP Deal Expected Soon, PokerStars Launches Zoom Poker, and More Comments